Overlay Zoning District
Summary
SCH Number
2026070671
Lead Agency
City of Signal Hill
Document Title
Overlay Zoning District
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
GP: Commercial General, Commercial Office, General Industrial, Town Center, Commercial Industrial, Public Institutional, and Light Industrial; Zoning: CG, CO, SP-4, SP-19, GI, CI, CTC, PI, SP-6, LI.
Document Description
The proposed project includes preparation of a draft amendment to the City's Zoning Ordinance that would establish an Overlay Zoning District. The zoning ordinance amendment would provide for three distinct overlay zones: (1) Innovation and Enterprise Zone; (2) Community Core Zone; and (3) Workshop and Entertainment Zone. The overlay zones support gradual redevelopment with existing uses permitted to continue to ensure a smooth transition and integration with new development. While the underlying zoning would remain in place, the overlay zones would modify permitted and conditionally permitted uses, development standards, and design requirements to provide additional flexibility and incentivize redevelopment. The overlay zones may refine the list of permitted and conditionally permitted uses, designate certain conditionally permitted uses as permitted uses, or require use permits, site plan, and design review for specific uses. The proposed project is a regulatory framework and does not include, authorize, or approve any site-specific development projects. All future development or redevelopment within the Overlay Zoning District will remain subject to City review and the standard entitlement process.
Contact Information
Name
Carlos Luis
Agency Name
City of Signal Hill
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Dina El Chammas
Agency Name
Placeworks
Job Title
Senior Engineer II
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Signal Hill
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Willow Street, Atlantic Avenue, California Avenue, Orange Avenue, Cherry Avenue, Temple Avenue,
Zip
90755
Total Acres
263 acres
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
I-405, SR-1, I-710
Railways
LA Metro
Airports
Long Beach Airport
Schools
See Below.
Waterways
Los Angeles River
Township
4S
Range
12W
Section
19
Base
S
Other Location Info
Burroughs Elementary School, Jackie Robinson Academy, Signal Hill Elementary School, Lafayette Elementary School, John Muir K-8 Academy, Alvarado Elementary School, Richard D. Browning High School, Birney Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, Longfellow Elementary School, Pacific Baptist School, Success Work Academy, Little Owl School, Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach, Charles Evans Hughes Middle School, Oakwood Academy, Los Cerritos Elementary School, James Madison Elementary School, Jessie Elwin Nelson Academy
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 15, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 16, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 22, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 7, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Residential (Units 1077, Acres 49.6), Office (Sq. Ft. 408529, Acres 26.6, Employees 1362), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 421895, Acres 28.1, Employees 1205), Industrial (Sq. Ft. 1220901, Acres 82.7, Employees 1744), Other (Hotel:326,274SF, Public Facilities:37,549SF, OpenStorage:1,873SF)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Overlay Zoning District
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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